[ET Net News Agency, 8 November 2019] Nomura initiated coverage on Eversunshine
Lifestyle Services (ESS)(01995) with a "buy" rating and a target price of HK$6.5.
The research house said investors tend to look at ESS as if it were a small PM (Property
Manager) related to CIFI (00884). However, Nomura thinks the similarity of its business
model to that of Greentown Services (GTS)(02869), which is the representative of
high-quality PMs, and ESS is thus undervalued.
Nomura appreciates its growth driven by third-party contracts tendering (64% of AuM
[area under management] in FY2018 versus GTS 80%) and VAS2C (value-added service to
customers/residents)(18% of revenue vs GTS 20%), as it highlights ESS's professional
management without heavy support from its parent company. (KL)